Trunk or Treat, Haircuts, and a little Bling

Little Carter after 17 months finally needed his first haricut. I don't think I would have trusted anyone but Aunt Marjie to cut it. She used to cut my hair as a little girl and she has given all of our kids thier first haircuts. We love her!! Thanks Marjie!!







Ok, I know this looks pathetic, but Macee calls this her bling on her boot. It did have more flowers and butterflies on it, but the girls have been picking it off and wearing them as ear rings. The pink fabric thing didn't go over so well, mostly because I didn't even try. I think most of you have heard that we head down to Salt Lake on Nov. 6th to meet with the doctor that will do her surgery. It is on the right foot this time!!

Trunk or Treat was friday night for our ward. We had a Supergirl, a Witch, and a little Scarecrow. Since we did trunk or treat do you think that gets us out of trick or treating?

Andrea's Quirky Quirks

1. I am a clean freak. My sisters and sister-in-laws leave messes around and make bets on how long it will take me to start cleaning it up. They call me Cinderella. P.S. My house is not always clean contrary to popular belief.
2. My dream is to have a few acres with a sweet horse barn and arena. I want to have a horse for each member of our family. I want our kids to have animals to take care of and I want to make them clean stalls like I had too. :) (Nels will have a Kawasaki horse)
3. My right eye squints whenever I smile really big, whether I want it to or not. I think that it make me look like a dork in pictures, but Nels tells me it looks cute.
4. The most annoying sound in the world is listening to muffled TV noises coming through the wall. For example, my room was right below my parents growing up. I would pre-set there volume and bang on the ceiling when they would turn it up. I would tell them that I couldn't get up for seminary if they wouldn't let me sleep. (Annie has strangely inherited this same quirk).
5. I used to feed my horse Doc Oreo ice cream and spend hours out in the barn cleaning and rearranging things. I was kind of a loner, I liked to hang out by myself. I just sold Doc 2 years ago when I got pregnant with Carter, he was my childhood horse.
6. The only time I have ever had stitches is when I was trying to be tough and was kicked in the forehead by a calf when we were branding.

I tag Amy Barlow, Krista P., Emilee A, Lisa Hanson, Michelle Smith, and Amanda Smith (Chelsie, you have already been tagged so get on it!) Now you all have to write 6 quirky things about you and then tag 6 more people.

Christmas!!!

Ok, Pearson Family I was just thinking that Christmas is getting closer and was wondering who was going to do the drawing. Or, I really like the idea of what Krista's family does with giving everyone a scrapbook page. We did it last year with my family and it was really fun. What do you all think...

I'm IT!

Six random facts about Nels:
1) I am a notary of the public for the state of Montana
2) I chew my ice cream and it drives Andrea crazy.
3) Misti and I both like to leave a little bite of food on our plates when eat. (weird, huh)
4) I clean my running & basketball shoes more than I clean my church shoes. (2 bottles of shoe cleaner a month Andrea said.)
5) The highlight of my college career was creating a business plan, entering it in a contest, and winning $5,000 for 1st place.
6) I have only missed emailing Mckay on his mission 1 week when we were in Fairfield and the computer was not working.

I am going to tag Josh, Kyle T, Chase, Cody W, Kevin Smith, and Luke N (I will see if I can get some more of the guys blogging). Now you have to post 6 random facts about yourselves and then tag 6 other people.

GGGOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!!!!

Hey Everyone-

I hope you all enjoyed the bedtime song from u-tube. This is my sister-in-law Ashley's favorite bedtime song. They emailed it to us awhile back and I thought we would share.

This week went really well with Macee's procedure on her leg. The doctor went in and drained the cyst and gave her the cortisone shot. They sent the fluid in for some testing and we go in for a follow up on Thursday. I think everything is going to be just fine. (P.S. I hope none of you noticed that I put the boot on her left foot in the picture and her hurt foot is really on the right. Way to go Mom, I know!) It will be all of my fault if she breaks it. The doctor will ask how it happened and I will have to tell him I am retarded!!!

Annie had her last soccer game yesterday. She did really good. She really hustles and goes after the ball. She was on a team with a bunch of girls from her school and primary class so she had a really good time. We tried to download a little film of her off of the video camera, but we couldn't get it to work. If anyone knows how let us know.

Here is the Shark Attack!!!
(Annie's team was the Sharks)

P.S. Charles and Janis, thanks so much for coming up a day early to stay with Annie and Carter. We appreciate it so much. We love ya and had a good time visiting with you!!

A Huge Blessing!!

I think everyone has heard about Macee having a bone cyst in her lower tibia on her right leg. We had x-rays done last Thursday and found the cyst. Then we had an MRI on Friday and they determined that there wasn't any cancer. Thank Goodness!! The cyst is about the size of her whole Tibia bone with a little wall of bone on one side. We are shocked she hasn't broken her leg yet! We went into see the pediatric orthopedic surgeon this morning and got some great news. Her cyst is a unicameral cyst which means it is filled with fluid and not blood. He also said that we probably don't need to do a bone graft like we thought. He is going to go in on Wednesday
morning and drain some of the fluid out and give her a cortisone shot. He thinks that the bone will be able to heal and grow in by itself. Let me tell ya, HUGE Relief!! She has to wear a boot for 6 weeks, then we will go back in for more x-rays to make sure the bone is healing.

I just want to thank everyone for their prayer and fasts. Our prayers were sure answered!! We feel so blessed to have so much support and love from our families. I get choked up and have a hard time talking when I think about what everyone has done for us. Thank you all!! We will keep you posted on the surgery and recovery.

Annie and Adria are taking great care of Macee and
Macee is catching on quick on how to milk things all
she can. We went and got some stickers to put on her
boot and some pretty pink stretchy fabric. I don't know
how well that will turn out since I am an awesome sewer
and all!

Our Beautiful Babies!!

Our little Annie Kay is 6 years old and started 1st grade this year. She loves school and has a really great teacher that she totally adores. She is really starting to take off in her reading and is even excited to do her homework. We were a little worried about her desire to learn last year, but she has really picked things up and is even reading to Macee. I am so proud of her and how far she has come. She also enjoys soccer and chasing the boys at recess. Hopefully the boys will start having cooties here soon, or we might have some problems :). She is doing good in soccer, and wants to maybe try karate after soccer season is over. She has a sweet sensative spirit, but can be rowdy also. She is a great big sister and a huge helper to her mom. This is Annie on the first day of school in her favorite Hannah Montana shirt. We seem to have all of the Hannah Montana songs memorized and thats all they want to jam to in the car.

Macee is 4 and has started pre-school with Robbin. She really likes school and is like a little spong, absorbing all she can. She has a mind of her own and keeps us on our toes. She has been known to be a little sassy at times and can talk her way out of pretty much anything. Sometimes I don't know what to do with her. She loves to play with cousins and hang out with Annie. Actually tonight her cousins are spending the night because Chelsie just had their 3rd baby today. It's a little boy 6lbs 15 oz (both mom and baby are doing good). She is in love with Hannah Montana just as much as Annie. I want to put them both in a lip-sync contest.
Like father like son. I bet you can't guess who this little boy's daddy is!
Carter is almost 17 months and let me tell you boys and girls are totally different! He has already conquered opening doors and sneaking out down the road, climbing on the desk and playing on the compter, and my centerpiece on the table had to go becuase he kept throwing it off. He is super busy and never stops. Last week he had a fever for a few days and it's sad to say but it was almost nice because he finally slowed down and snuggled with me. He is starting to say a few words like thank you, hi, bye, uh-oh, ball, and ba-ba. He calls Nels and I both mamma and Annie and Macee both Macee. He has a good arm on him, we know he is done eating when he starts launching his food across the kitchen (unfortunately he has also shown off this skill in sacrament meeting with his toys hitting unsuspecting church goers). This is the kids at the pictograph caves. We missed you Chase and Krista!!

Men (&Women) at Work

Drea and I have been hard at work on our basement. It has been a work in progress over the past 9 months, maybe we will be done in another 9. Drea and I have done all of the framing and sheet rocking. We did hire the electrical, fireplace, and plumbing done by the professionals. I do really enjoy working on the basement when I leave to work and after I return home the work has been done and all we have to do is write a check. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen too often. The sheet rocking has gone pretty well for the most part, it is much more challenging than framing (that is my opinion). Chad is probably getting sick of me calling him about every other day and asking him how to do stuff or if someone else will be able to fix what I messed up. It has been very rewarding working on the basement though, it is just fun to see that we can actually build something. Well, enjoy the little tour and tell me what you think.